8-letter words starting with do
- domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- dominant — ruling, governing, or controlling; having or exerting authority or influence: dominant in the chain of command.
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- domineer — Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.
- dominica — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- dominick — Animal Husbandry. Dominique.
- dominion — the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
- dominium — complete power to use, to enjoy, and to dispose of property at will.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- domitian — (Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus) a.d. 51–96, Roman emperor 81–96.
- domotics — Robotic technology for use in the home.
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donating — Present participle of donate.
- donation — an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- donators — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- done for — past participle of do1 .
- donelson — Fort Donelson.
- doneness — the condition of being cooked to a desired degree: steak prepared to the doneness ordered by the customer.
- dong hai — East China Sea.
- dongting — a lake in S China, in NE Hunan province: main outlet flows to the Yangtze; rice-growing in winter. Area: (in winter) 3900 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- donnelly — Declan. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Antony McPartlin as Ant and Dec
- doodling — a design, figure, or the like, made by idle scribbling.
- doofuses — Plural form of doofus.
- doolally — Temporarily deranged or feebleminded.
- doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- doomsman — Archaic. a judge.
- doomster — a doomsayer.
- doorbell — a bell chime, or the like, at a door or connected with a door, rung by persons outside wanting someone inside to open the door.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- doorknob — the handle or knob by which a door is opened or closed.
- doorless — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
- doormats — Plural form of doormat.
- doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
- doorpost — doorjamb.
- doorsill — the sill of a doorway.
- doorstep — a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
- doorstop — a device for holding a door open, as a wedge or small weight.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dooryard — a yard in front of the door of a house.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dope out — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped up — If someone is doped up, they are in a state where they cannot think clearly because they are under the influence of drugs.